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Colm Collins is a Gaelic football manager, associated with Cratloe GAA club.[1][2][3]
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Collins is a native of Kilmihil.[4][5] He began managing Clare in late 2013 and became the longest-serving inter-county football manager when Mickey Harte left Tyrone.[6]
Collins led Clare from Division 4 to Division 3 of the National Football League, then to Division 2 where he consolidated his team's position.[7] He led Clare to the 2016 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship qauerter-finals.[8] He stayed on as Clare's manager for 2018.[9] At the end of that year he became the fourth longest-serving manager after Mickey Harte, Jim Gavin and Malachy O'Rourke.[10][11] At the end of 2019, the third longest,[12] he announced then that he would take time to consider his future after Clare's championship exit.[13] He led Clare to the 2022 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship quarter-finals, when they had the beating of Roscommon.[14][15]
With his appointment for a tenth season at the end of 2022, Collins became the longest serving inter-county manager in either code (since Brian Cody had earlier resigned as Kilkenny hurling manager).[16]
Collins stepped down as Clare manager when his team exited the championship in June 2023, leaving Armagh manager Kieran McGeeney as the longest serving manager in inter-county football.[17][18]
His son, Podge, is a footballer and hurler.[19][20] Podge concentrated on the football for 2015.[21] He concentrated on the football for 2021, from '14 up until '16, he did the two teams but only hurling in '17.[22]
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